One year ago today I posted a short note for readers to “stay tuned” for news. I was turning in my letter of resignation that morning. I was quitting my job after 25 years with the organization. The toxic work environment was killing me. I couldn’t stick it out for five more years to retire. … More One Year Later
I’ve started several posts this morning. I thought about a possible TV post and this was me I started writing a post about anxiety brain and worst case scenario thinking and then this I made it pretty far into a post about how two days in a row the Today Show interviewed woman and acted … More When You Discard Everything You Write
I am extremely tired. The combo meal of depression, a messed up sleep cycle, and a flu shot has done a number on me. So, today, you get a lazy post where I talk about blog stats. I know you must be so excited. I look at my blog stats multiple times throughout the day. … More When Old Posts Return From the Dead
Everything seemed to be going OK. I was settled into a writing routine. I’m inching toward 1000 followers here on WordPress. People are regularly reading my posts. It doesn’t translate into income here. On my best days, I can make maybe 25 cents from Word Ads. I don’t see that ever changing. To maybe make … More I Might Just Quit
I finally spent some time this week looking fot the bluetooth keyboard I knew was somewhere in the house. I looked in the spot where it used to live and it was not there. I checkd other likely locations. Nothing. My wife then checked her collection of things to possibly donate and there it was. … More Testing My New Writing Setup
I’ve had a post idea in my mind now for over a week. I know I need to write it just to move past it. I’ve had grouble getting the idea from head to screen for various reasons. First, I didn’t write it because it kinda sorta is about Covid and I really didn’t want … More When You Can’t Find the Words
I wrote a sad, whiny post and then didn’t publish it because it seemed to much like a cry for attention and pity. It’s a dreary day and it is having a negative effect on my mood. It will be better when I get sun again. Instead, I am going to play around with some … More Experimenting With Feedback Blocks
I use a very old laptop when I write. It was my daughter’s before she upgraded for college. When I started working from home I started using it for work. It was old and clunky, but it worked. I could do what I needed to do. Part of the screen was messed up. There was … More Laptop Woes
We have hit a milestone here at The World’s Common Tater. This is post 1500! Unlike TV shows, this milestone post will not be bigger and better than the rest of the posts. There are no big guest stars or events. Just me thinking about my blogging life. I started the blog way back in … More Post 1500
This has been a hard week. I have managed to post something every day. It hasn’t been easy and the posts were generally short and didn’t take a lot of effort. This is the time when I wish I had saved up some of the book tag type posts so I have a guide for … More How Do You Write When You Don’t Feel Right?
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